I love that at 00:05 they're adding lemon zest to give it a nice "flavor"... Maybe, in addition to the "making of" there's also an "eating of"....? Hey, somebody save me a fender, I always like the fenders!

Interesting challenge for the makers but seriously, what a incredibly huge waste of good food...180 eggs went into that and then the whole thing was thrown out because it went bad under the studio lights.Cool to watch it being built, but what a shame, hey?

I really liked this advert when it came out... Then they showed it a trillion zillion times. I've had to trash my Sound of Music CD, which I'm sure sent sighs of relief across the land! lol But I can't even enjoy the fact that its cake anymore!

That is awesome. The "how to" is even better! As an engineer & a (very) amatuer cake decorator (30+ yrs experience, but not getting any better - my only salvation from "cake wrecks" is that I don't get paid), the "how'd they DO that?" has always been the best part.

The attention to detail! I mean, oil? Awesome (oo, I said that already).

All I could think about while watching was : "Suppose they offered this cake in the binder at CostCo or Publix- what would it look like when the bakers there attempted their own 'translation' and you went to pick it up?"

YOU'VE INFECTED MY LIFE! The other day I made cupcakes and did not post the photo cause I was a little afraid they might show up here. :)

škoda is a czech car manufacturer, not british. until recently, they were slightly on the dodgy side. (ironically, "škoda" means "a pity" in czech; it was named this, however, as it was also the original manufacturers' surname(s).)

This article discusses the advert in detail, and as far as what happened to the cake, Skoda have said that it had to be composted because it went bad under the studio lights. Such a shame! But very interesting to watch.

That was COOL! I found more info, with step-by-step pix & info about how many ingredients they had to use here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-457080/How-bake-car-amazing-story-Skodas-new-TV-ad.html (mind that there may be some questionable content in the sidebar).

I'm sad that neither the ad itself or the how-we-did-it video end in someone talking a big ol' bite out of the car! I kept waiting for it! Even if it went a bit off under the studio lots. They could always spit it out and much grosser things have been done in the name of television. *sigh*

I loved this ad when it was shown, Skoda always has cheerful adverts and I admire their ability to laugh at themselves (until recently they didn't have the greatest of reputations even though there was nothing mechanically wrong with the cars). In addition they are a Czech car owned by VW (we have had three so far)

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